Bill Brendle

Bill has composed and produced music for many independent and feature films for 20th Century Fox, Fox Searchlight, and Warner Brothers. His music has been heard in many TV commercials, and he is the composer for a several documentary films that have aired on PBS, The Discovery Channel, and HBO. He works with Rickey Minor (musical director for the Grammys), and is currently an arranger/orchestrator on the highly successful program “American Idol”.He has performed as a keyboardist and pianist with some of the most recognized names in music including: Sergio Mendes(musical director), Lamont Dozier, John Legend, India Arie, Erykah Badu, Joss Stone, Jojo, The Black-Eyed Peas, Jurassic 5, Whitney Houston, Gino Vanelli, Michael McDonald, Tito Puente, Celine Dion, Eric Benet, Carol King, Joe Williams, and Chaka Khan.In Brazil, he worked in the studios around Rio with Maria Bethânia, Simone, Rita Lee, Hermeto Paschoal, Guinga, Caetano Veloso, Gilberto Gil, and Ivan Lins.He is the co-founder of the LA based band Sambaguru.